The Myth Of Sisyphus by TheThingy5



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Submitted: 08/16/2007 | 02:38PM EST

File Info: Movie | 9.9 MB | Add Movie to Favorites

Current Score: 4.10 / 5.00

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Also! before you watch it, its probably wise to turn your volume down as the excessive grunt noises can give off the wrong impression to people who aren't watching the visuals...better yet! just mute it!!!
EDIT: Since alot of you don't know the myth and so don't really understand it, here is a brief explanation;
The Myth Of Sisyphs is about a man condemned by the gods to push a boulder up a mountain for eternity, never able to reach the top. There's much more to it than that but that should be all you need to know ;)
EDIT: Look at my news post for the character design basis of sisyphus, it's the image i based the character design on!
I was partly Inspired by the work of Adam Phillips, i learnt alot of animation techniques from his work and this has resulted in a few similarities of style, i'm a huge fan of his and im not trying to rip him off, nextime you'll see something different from me anyway :D
*EDIT* frontpage and brackenwood collection thank you!!!!
Many of you have been saying that it's just a brackenwood ripoff and aren't giving it a fair chance but it should be completely different, though my style may be similar the character is actually based on an old original drawing of sisyphus from the myth so sorry for any resemblence!!! :)
WOOHOO Daily 3rd! Watch the credits 'cause the animation ain't over till its over!
(Just want to mention that i am reading every each one of your reviews! keep em coming! It makes it all worth it !!:D)
SO, here it is!!! my first BIG animation! and when i say big i mean you hopefully won't be complaining that the animations too short or the fact that i had to cut like a whole scene out because the file size exceeded the limit..dammit.... This animation is totally FBF which i always do 'cause i hate untraditional animation like tweens, ect;
My usual rant/analysis/review thing will now be on my userpage so go check it out after you've watched it! Big thanks to the Kartunehustla for help with the audio syncing! This took me about 3 months for the animation in total, but the first month was spent on the first 3 cuts WITH A MOUSE, but then i got a tablet and it all sped up. a month was spent on audio and then about a week was spent trying to fix loads of problems in with the audio. Here's a few quick facts!
RUNTIME: WAS, exactly 6mins 0.6secs, but with the cuts it's now about 5mins 30secs approx;
FRAMES: WERE, 7212, but with cuts probably 7100 approx;
FRAME RATE: 20.0 FPS

Sorry but i couldn't make a quality adjustment option, i'm absolutely useless with actionscript... so it might lag on a few scenes depending wether you have a bit of a crappy PC or not... Hope you like it!!

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Average Score: 8.6 / 10

Score: 4
Fissile

"slow"

date: July 4, 2009

This was extremely slow and pointless. Slapstick humor without character, but the animation was relatively good and I definitely give you some originality credit. However just because you base something off of a Greek myth does not mean it has depth or character (though it is an interesting trivial fact.) There just really isn't anything interesting or humorous that happened. Pretty much the story is completely lacking in comparison to the animation.

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Score: 9
Hasy9

"Pretty Cool"

by: Hasy9
date: April 18, 2009

Good stuff! You can definetely tell you've been inspired by Adam Phillips (who hasn't?), especially in the character design and in the scene where Sisyphus runs away from the rock (totally Yuyu). The final outcome is pretty good, except the sound: the grunts are somewhat awkward. Also you seem to have done part of the movie in "twos" so it looks a bit choppy sometimes (when he breathes). Otherwise, awesome!

April 20, 2009

Author's Response:

nice insight, thanks :)

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Score: 10
tikipole

"bravo!!!"

date: April 14, 2009

just one question. what flash do you use to make it?? cause i got a 3d flash animator but it reallys sucks because theres not enough to make a decent animation. tell me please!!!!

April 15, 2009

Author's Response:

3d flash? um well i made this one in flash pro 8, but i now use Adobe Flash cs3, its a bit better and i just use the brush tool to draw the frames. Hope that helps, PM me if you need to know anything else ;)

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Score: 10
MadClockwork

"I really liked this!"

date: March 31, 2009

I'm am fascinated by Greek paganism and this portrays the classic myth fantastically. I think the story of Tiresias and how he became blind would make an excellent flash as well, but I suppose that's just wishful thinking.

April 13, 2009

Author's Response:

hehe, maybe..one day ;)

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Score: 10
Ermundo

"This was awesome."

date: January 28, 2009

I really liked how you used the scrolling thing for that running scene. Overall, this was a great animation, but I think you should improve on how Sisyphus drinks the water. It's kinda ridiculous that a handful of water could be so much.

February 7, 2009

Author's Response:

haha, well i guess i just got lazy
thanks for the review

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